Plus: Subway entrances on the 9/11 Memorial plaza getting ready for opening; 56 Leonard window washers; mayor seeks term limits for community board members; new shows at Bortolami and Alexander and Bonin. / 7 comments
Plus: The Bolton's store on Broadway is closing; the population "heartbeat" of Manhattan; shows opening this week at Art Projects International and Bortolami.
Plus: Clarification about who owns Tribeca Apothecary, opening on W. Broadway; party with Bill Murray (and Poets House); China Chalet re-created at Bortolami; "Ray Donovan," "The Other Two," and "The Kitchen" shoots. / 2 comments
Plus: Progress at Noted café and cocktail bar; progressive breakfast at four galleries tomorrow; "Airmail Paintings" at Alexander and Bonin; "Blank Pro" shoot.
Plus: Library to close for longer than a year; DanceBody found a permanent home; police meeting tonight; Bortolami show.
Plus: Starbucks and Vitamin Shoppe look likely to open sooner than expected; Frenchette menu with prices; more on Ato restaurant's tea room and shop; opera at the Flea; Bortolami gallery show. / 1 comment
Plus: SLT's Tribeca studio opens today; checking in on the Worth Street reconstruction project; residential conversion on Franklin; Richard Aldrich show at Bortolami; two shoots. / 4 comments
Plus: Il Mulino opening forecast; upcoming art exhibits at Alexander and Bonin, Bortolami, and Sapar Contemporary.
Plus: Colin Quinn bartending for charity at Woodrow's; sneaker pop-up; cleaning up the glass on the Battery Park City ball fields; caftan event; new shows at Alexander & Bonin and Bortolami.
Plus: BMCC's swimming pool is finally going to reopen; ball field padding replaced; Franklin Street art; why DanceBody didn't open; city council candidate filed complaint against Chin; "La La Land" and Harry Potter outdoor film screenings; White Street renovation reveal; mysterious storefront; Barbara Kasten art show. / 6 comments
In praise of the atria/skylights in the rear of so many Tribeca buildings—usually on the ground floor, and often extending down to the basement, or possibly lower. What really gets me excited is when someone tweaks the idea.... / 1 comment
Plus: Body pulled from river turned out to be alive; more on the World Trade Center Greenmarket; NYPD investigating intimidation of placard watchdog; gallery gimmick; smooth Drew Nieporent.
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